High-temperature semibatch free radical copolymerization of butyl methacrylate and butyl acrylate

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2506-2517

  Li, Deheng ^a   Grady, Michael C ^b   Hutchinson, Robin A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYL ACRYLATE; BUTYL METHACRYLATE; METHACRYLATE DEPROPAGATION; SEMIBATCH FREE RADICAL COPOLYMERIZATION;

ACRYLICS; COPOLYMERS; DATA ACQUISITION; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 18144365542     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049651k     Document Type: Article

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